Fig. 8 Modulation waveform for SV-PWM generation
11 Line Current Waveform for R-L Load
Fig. 9 Experimental set-up for the Hybrid Power Conversion Scheme
Fig. 10 Line-to-line inverter output voltage with its FFT
Fig.
The three-phase inverter is a separate hardware module
comprising of the IC IRAM136-3063B having six IGBTs and a
driver IC. The switching pulses for the six switches are
generated in Simulink following the equations (8-11) and the
value for in those equations is set as a constant
corresponding to the battery voltage level. The six signals
generated in Simulink are fed to the inverter IC through the
ports DACH 1 through DACH 6 of the DS1104 board. Fig. 7
illustrates the Simulink model for the SV-PWM pulse
generation while the modulating waveform for SV-PWM is
illustrated in Fig. 8. The modulating waveform is compared
with a carrier triangular wave having a frequency of 1800 Hz
in Simulink to generate the switching pulses. The modulating
waveform is a saddle waveform as observed in Fig. 8. The dip
is due to a third harmonic component being added to the
fundamental waveform. This third harmonic component
increases the fundamental voltage output but gets cancelled out
in a Y-connected load configuration.
IV. RESULTS
The complete hybrid system was implemented in hardware.
The experimental set-up is shown in Fig. 9. The photovoltaic
component was tested using a 15W panel having the
parameters described in Section II for two light intensity levels
corresponding to the insolation levels 1 and 2 in Table I. The
WECS was implemented using a BLAC motor with ratings
listed in Table II and its speed was kept almost constant for the
two testing conditions and the reference current value was kept
at 0.3 A for both the test cases. The experimental results
obtained for the two cases are tabulated in Table III.
The load considered in the experimental set-up is a
balanced three-phase R-L assembly connected in Y-
configuration. A rheostat connected in series with a 680 H
inductance forms each phase of the load. The line-to-line
inverter output voltage waveform along with its FFT is
illustrated in Fig. 10. The line-to-line voltage for the inverter
was found to be 6.2V and the lowest harmonic was of the order
26 at a frequency of 1560 Hz. The higher order harmonics in
the frequency spectrum can be neglected considering the low-